I am a photographer of transience, I photograph what will soon not be here. I tend to look for the magical side of reality, a reality without humans, because this is where I find stillness and a sense of wonder. This sense of wonder is incredibly important to me and when I am walking in a forest, I tend to notice things that evoke this sense of wonder. This image encapsulates all of this. This tree is no longer there, trees are vanishing at a heartbreakingly high speed due to climate change and I intend to capture these before they are gone. This gnarly grey beech tree is covered in moss and looks inspirited, which is also something I look for when I create my images. A magical scene on a misty morning
Ellen Borggreve is a landscape photographer and author of Woodscapes and Praxisbuch Wälder fotografieren, among others. She was born and raised in the woods of the Veluwe where her love for trees originated. Besides forests she also likes to photograph Dutch coastal scenes.
The focus is on tranquil scenes..
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